Oil City - Part 2

On Tuesday morning the team met up for a tour of the town library, which was set up with money donated by Andrew Carnegie. As well as the main library we visited the local history room, which is run by volunteers. A number of people in the library introduced themselves and shook our hands.....we're not quite sure how they knew we were from out of town......maybe the kilts were a clue??

From the library we went on a short walking tour of the town, calling in at the local Chamber of Commerce office, and finishing at the National Transit Company. This fine building is being restored and turned into an Arts Centre. After admiring the fine murals on the walls of the entrance lobby, we were given a tour of the building by the centre manager, which included the rooms and studios already in use and the ones that are under development. The vast majority of this work is done by volunteers.

From the Arts Centre it was a short walk to the Venango Museum. Venango is the county which includes Oil City. Given the history of the area it is no surprise that the museum concentrates on oil. But it also has other exhibits, including a Wurlitzer. Not the last one we would see that day. We did get to hear it though. An impressive sound.

After our tour of the museum we were picked up outside and taken to Franklin, a town around 7 miles away for our next Rotary lunch and presentation.